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Official Tahoe Thread

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easiestEC
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I decided to make this because there seems to be a lack of Tahoe information in this forum. so here it is,
the Official Tahoe Thread

anything that has to do with Tahoe goes here; winter OR summer. Discuss weather, mountain conditions, meet ups and hook ups, epic stories, sick ass places, things to do, pretty much ANYTHING!

first off, here are some sites for general information on Tahoe, whether your a local or planning a trip:

North Shore Information http://www.gotahoenorth.com/
South Shore Information http://tahoesouth.com/
Vacation Information http://www.laketahoe.com/home

secondly, here are some links to some of the mountains around the area;

Squaw: http://www.squaw.com/
Alpine Meadows: http://www.skialpine.com/
Northstar: http://www.northstarattahoe.com/
Heavenly: http://www.skiheavenly.com/
Diamond Peak http://www.diamondpeak.com/
Sierra-at-Tahoe: http://www.sierraattahoe.com/
Kirkwood http://www.kirkwood.com/site/
Sugar Bowl http://www.sugarbowl.com/home
Boreal http://www.rideboreal.com/winter/
Mt. Rose http://www.mtrose.com/

Tahoe and the surrounding area is a dope place with some even doper people, with a shit ton of stuff to offer. Whether you're a weekend warrior on the mountain, or a bar hopper down in the basin, this thread is for you.

that is all, shred on fellow shredders.
Apr 10 2012 7:51PM
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easiestEC
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not yet, like i said im not working yet since its still early in the season, but i will be soon.

but from not working there, i can still say that they wont have a park for a little bit into the season.

i'll keep you guys posted
Nov 20 2012 11:14PM
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ECK
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Maybe you aren't working yet because you were NFG.  They were up in Belmint building yesterday and this morning in the rain I heard.  Belmont is opening tomorrow with 7 features.
Nov 21 2012 5:23PM
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easiestEC
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your right, i was misinformed
Nov 21 2012 7:18PM
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+Tahoe_Shredder+
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supposed to be a solid ass storm rollin in check it out: http://tahoeweatherdiscussion.com/

Stoked!!!
Nov 26 2012 8:52PM
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easiestEC
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crossing my fingers its snow and not rain
Nov 26 2012 11:33PM
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Lewisd337
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i hear 4-8 ft over 8,000ft. prolly hella wet but thats good for some base building

Nov 27 2012 7:42AM
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easiestEC
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hell yeah, we still need a good base
Nov 27 2012 11:55AM
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I.B
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Kirkwood is gonna be fun :D
Nov 27 2012 1:13PM
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+Tahoe_Shredder+
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Ya... hoping that sugar bowl gets a decent amount of snow and not rain so i dont have to endure skiing at mt rose
Nov 27 2012 11:11PM
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easiestEC
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so according to TWD, this storm is not going to be as cold as expected. we should see some snow above 7500' and a "slushy coat" at 6500'. which kinda sucks.

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thats a whole lot of percipitation
Nov 28 2012 12:32PM
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bigs
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Rain
Nov 29 2012 2:31AM
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i-7
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Any updates on the storm? Looks like its a lot of the wet stuff if any. I want to make the trip up to squaw on tuesday but don't know if the 4 hour drive will be worth it.
Dec 1 2012 12:25AM
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Boooshank
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Curious for the same. Hoping to do the drive to North Shore on Monday.
Dec 1 2012 12:41AM
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easiestEC
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straight from the weather geek;

All of this is being powered by an “atmospheric river” of moisture several hundred miles long from California out over the Pacific.
We could see rainfall rates of half an inch per hour near the Sierra Crest tonight and tomorrow for a total of more than six inches of new rainfall. Snow levels are expected to climb to nearly 10,000 feet on Sunday before dropping to 6,000 feet as the cold front moves through late Sunday. But by then most of the precipitation will have moved east and we will probably see just a few inches of snow at the mountain passes.
Flood warnings are in effect for Sunday along the area’s stream, creeks and rivers, including for the Truckee River between Squaw Valley and Truckee.
Winds will be ferocious at times, with gusts of 140 mph possible at the Sierra Crest.
Monday and Tuesday should be pleasant before another warm storm, not as big as this one, hits us mid-week.
Dec 1 2012 3:57PM
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easiestEC
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not sure why the quotation marks are special characters, but you guys get the idea
Dec 1 2012 3:58PM
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BoomBotix
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All in all... the weather is depressing. Lets hope this retro ski party at Squaw is better.
Dec 1 2012 11:49PM
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skiEER
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switched back to snow at 8000 feet.  this is gonna make a great base
Dec 2 2012 11:07AM
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Ribss.
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It is dumping at lake level right now. If this keeps up we could see major snow before the day is over.
Dec 2 2012 2:14PM
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I.B
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Went to Northstar today,took one run with my coach and called it quits. Fuck that shit. As soon as i left it started dumping snow.


Anyone out in the K-Wood area? how is it out there? I'm looking to teach my girl how to ski and i'm not doing it on a powder day.
Dec 2 2012 4:29PM
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i-7
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Well it's starting to look pretty promising for Monday and Tuesday!!
Dec 2 2012 5:36PM
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K_Carter
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heavenly should be sick tomorrow! soo much snow, unfortunately im gunna be scanning all you lucky mofos tickets all day
Dec 2 2012 10:39PM
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I.B
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Until it all melts and freezes and becomes ice, like always at heavenly.

What's the park looking like?
Dec 2 2012 10:51PM
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HeathR
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same setup on cal trail except for the barrel bonk which is reset on a higher pad. Ante-up is getting closer but still needs some snowmaking before its ready to go.
Dec 3 2012 12:02AM
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i-7
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Whats the update! Hows the snow?.... bout to embark on an adventure
Dec 3 2012 12:47PM
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I.B
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The bonk just needs to come out really. Just a waste, you can't really do anything and the landing (before the higher pad) was like 6 feet long and yeah haha. You're the skier on the park crew who has been there forever right?

Question, how much snow does a general night of snowmaking produce? 4-5 inches? I've always kinda wondered that. Will we see bigger jumps in ante up, 30-40 ft, or will we see the 15 footers like towards the end of last season?
Dec 3 2012 9:24PM
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easiestEC
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who was up at Squaw today? even though the power went out around 11, it was still super fun. chalky fast snow. Solitude laps all day!
Dec 3 2012 10:24PM
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Chunter
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You ride Squaw often? I'm gonna try and make it up next week to Squaw, bummed I can't this week.
Dec 4 2012 9:04PM
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HeathR
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Yeah more snow is supposed to be pushed into the landing of the barrel tonight along with a few other switch ups. I have worked there a few years now.

How much snow you can make really depends. The colder it is the more efficient it is. When it is warmer you have to pump out lots of air and not much water. This means not too much snow. This is also effected by humidity. When is really cold you dry you can make a lot of snow in a night. Jumps will probly be in the 30-40ft range.

The problem with Ante-Up is that is under the lift. That means they can only blow when the chair is closed and its not windy. They usually end up blowing most of it into the woods trying not to cover the chair. They also get a late start on turning on the guns because the lifts close right as one snowmaking shift is ending. This means the next shift has to turn them on. By the time they get up there its pretty late. Its the same problem with shutting the gun offs. The grave yard guys have to shut them off before their shift is over because the day crew arrives too late. The lift is closed for 16 hours but you only get about 8 hours of snowmaking. Basically its slow as fuck to blow snow on Ante-Up which alos has huge logs and rocks that the TRPA wont let us remove. Also, most natural snow just blows away.
Dec 4 2012 9:18PM
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I.B
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TRPA sucks big dick. My dad's company just got fined like $15,000 for hitting a tree by the montblu with his tractor. It's shitty.

Why don't they just move the guns, blow the snow somewhere else, then push it over to ante up? Or, just say fuck it and start blowing for high roller.

With SPT at heavenly now, what has that really done? I mean, i havn't really noticed any changes other then the "High Roller" Logo was changed up a bit and some new features have been added. But does it effect how the features are maintained/what is made when?
Dec 6 2012 3:26PM
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Chunter
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I should be at Squaw tomorrow, hit me up!
Dec 7 2012 3:31AM
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I.B
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Boreal tonight, northstar sat and sun.
Dec 7 2012 11:10AM
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Squeenerd
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Heading out to Heavenly a week from Wednesday then on to Squaw for a couple of days! So stoked!
Dec 8 2012 7:46PM
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I.B
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Kelly Sildaru is now training at northstar. I'm not sure for how long. But yeah, she just popped out of no where and yeah, it was sick skiing with her today.
Dec 9 2012 7:59PM
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easiestEC
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why doesn't anyone ride squaw?
Dec 9 2012 10:57PM
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HalfandHalf
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i do!
but yea seems like hardly anyone on here does
Dec 11 2012 3:46PM
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Boooshank
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I don't becasue none of my pussy boarder friends really like it. Ya know why...

1.They suck.

2.They bought the epic local pass.

3.They suck.

I make it to squaw maybe once or twice a year. Shit is fun.
Dec 11 2012 5:20PM
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sugarloaf
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squaw rules. i usually get up there 3 times a week at least....except this week....stupid work
Dec 11 2012 5:32PM
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skiEER
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i go about once a year but its too far and its hard to justify when you have the epic pass

Dec 11 2012 7:31PM
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easiestEC
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well im up there all the time. brown pants, tan and brown shell or black jacket, gray hat. give a shout out
Dec 12 2012 2:12AM
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Buddha1
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Anyone wanna get after some urban today? New to the area so I don't know any spots but i got a shovel and a bunch of stoke watching the snow fall outside, 541-610-4358
Dec 12 2012 2:04PM
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lenzner
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I'm at Squaw quite a bit as well
Dec 13 2012 12:22AM
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easiestEC
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snow is coming!! too bad im leaving to go back to te shire for a week haha
Dec 17 2012 12:44AM
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Parks.
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word to that! im leaving on sat for NZ (im not sad im going! haha) but im gonna miss skiing =[
Dec 17 2012 7:20PM
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OnePlank
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this afternoon wasn't bad at Northstar, got a little bit of powdertopped runs here and there. Anyone been to the park recently? Haven't been yet this year but probably going tomorrow if anyone else is down to ride.
Dec 17 2012 11:20PM
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tedmgee
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me and a couple buddies are going up today.
park is really sick! they have alot of features. I think pinball opened today too?
Dec 18 2012 12:17PM
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I.B
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Pinball has been open for a good two weeks.
Dec 18 2012 2:23PM
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easiestEC
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the snow is coming!!!!

taken from OpenSnow.com; the new home of Bryan Allegretto, who if you didn't know, wrote in TahoeWeatherDiscussion.com


We should see the snow begin to fall Thursday night and then really pick up during the day on Friday. The snowfall should be constant through the weekend with heavier waves Friday, later Saturday and Sunday as the main low pushes through. The models are in pretty good agreement with 2.5-3.5 feet of snow possible at lake level through Sunday, 3-5 feet above 7000 ft., and 4-6 feet possible West of the lake along the crest. The GFS has about a foot more possible for the West side of the lake and the crest.

Here is the GFS snowfall forecast in inches through Sunday. Notice the brown and white is 4-5 feet with the pink of over 5 feet nosing down the Sierra.

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Dec 18 2012 2:25PM
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.Capn.
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I was at Sierra today and the snow was great. Glad it cooled down last night
Dec 18 2012 8:55PM
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sugarloaf
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granite laps + windblown headwall = happy.

prob heading out tomorrow for a bit for any leftovers and to bomb groomers on the new skis before the next storm. should be fun
Dec 18 2012 10:41PM
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I.B
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I'm currently coding for a website that will feature tahoe riders, tahoe edits, tahoe weather, and up to date park status's of some resorts around the lake. Just a place for sick tahoe skiing/snowboarding content.
Dec 18 2012 11:24PM
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